Improvement in chalk-holders for billiards



NITED STATES PATENT Qrrron- RICHARD H. THOMAS, or KIDS GROVE, NEARSTOKE-ON-TRENT, ENGIIANDL lMPROVEMENT IN CHALK-HOLDERS FOR BIL LIARD S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,603, dated December3, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, RICHARD HANDLEY THOMAS, of Kids Grove, nearStoke-on-Trent,

England, have invented a new and. Improved Chalk-Holder for Billiards,of which the following is a specification: I,

My invention consists of a hollow cylinder with a detachable cap at oneend adapted to hold a cylinder of chalk and admit the end of the cue tobe chalked by bearing the chalk against it and revolving the holder bythe fingers. The cap is large enough to receive one end of the cylinder,which is somewhat reduced to fit snugly in it, and is fastened to thecylinder by a pin and spring, which also fasten the piece of chalk inthe holder, the pin projecting through it into the chalk. The

'cap may also screw onthe cylinder ifpreferred.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved chalk-holder, and aside elevation of a section of a cue to which the holder is applied asfor chalking it, the section being taken on the line at w of Fig. 2';and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section ot Fig. 1 on the line 3 3 Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a hollow cylinder, of metal, with abore large enough to admit thetip end of a billiard-cue, and of an ylength that may be found mostconvenient. B is a cap fitted on one end by receiving the end of thecylinder in it, the cylinder being reduced in size for the purpose, asshown at G; or the end of the cap may be fitted into the cylinder, thelatter being enlarged therefor, and the cap being reduced;

both in a hole in each coinciding with the hole of the other, and thespring being attached to the side of the cap at one end and having thepin attached to its other end for holding it in the holes. The spring isapplied to the cap in an annular recess so as to be flush with thesurface, and it has the end F bent outward sothat it can be used forpulling out the pin to disconnect the cap and the cylinder when it isdesired to remove the cap or put in a piece of chalk. This pin is madelonger than is required for holding the cap merely in order to projectthrough the cylinder and engage the chalk .to hold it in the cylinder. Ialso propose in some cases to have the cap screw on or into thecylinder, as a means of fastening it more securely than by the pinalone.

The advantages of this chalk-holder are obvious to alliskilled in suchmatters. Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Pat;

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4 The hollow cylinder A, cap B, pin D, and spring E, combined,constructed, and arranged as described, constituting a chalk-holder forbilliards, as a new article of manufacture.

RICHARD H. THOMAS.

Witnesses A. LUDINGTON, H. G. SroNER.

